A 59-year-old man suspected of traveling to Cambodia for an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl was brought to the United States monday and is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles today.

Michael James Dodd is charged with traveling outside the United States to engage in sex with a minor, said Steven M. Martinez, assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles.

Dodd taught English in Cambodia for students between 13 and 45 years of age. He was arrested in Cambodia on Oct. 26, 2008, for an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

According to the complaint, Dodd admitted to an FBI agent that he traveled to Cambodia because he was prohibited from teaching school in most places because of a previous sex offense.

Dodd admitted having sexual relations on about 25 occasions with a minor and paying the victim’s family $50 every two weeks so he could visit with and eventually marry the girl. He also admitted having sex with additional children who offered sex for money in Cambodia, Martinez said.

Dodd was sentenced to 10 years in Cambodia prison, Martinez said.

Dodd was arrested in 2001 in Saipan for inappropriately touching 13 of his underage female students at the elementary school where he was employed. He served time in prison and was placed on probation for 15 years, ordered to pay fines and to register as a sexual offender, and not to have contact with children, Martinez said.

If convicted on all counts, Dodd could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, Martinez said.

Dodd was brought back to the United States by the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team, which includes federal, state and local agencies, such as the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.